Virginia Floyd, M.D., M.P.H.

Virginia Floyd, M.D., M.P.H. 

Associate Professor

Community Health & Preventive Medicine

Location: NCPC, Room 426
Phone: (404)752-1953
E-mail: vfloyd@msm.edu

Education

POSTGRADUATE:
Centers for Disease Control Epidemic Intelligence Service Applied Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Emory University School of Medicine
Residency: Internal Medicine

GRADUATE:
Howard University College of Medicine
Degree: MD

Emory University School of Public Health
Degree: MPH

UNDERGRADUATE:
Spelman College
Sophia University – Tokyo, Japan

Research Interests

  • Health Disparities
  • Global Health
  • Traditional Knowledge Systems

Clinical Interests

Black Infant and Maternal Mortality.

Publications

  • Khan, Mahfuz & Diop, Amad & Gbodossou, Erick & Xiao, Peng & Coleman, Morgan & Barros, Kenya & Duong, Hao & Bond, Vincent & Floyd, Virginia & Kondwani, Kofi & Rice, Valerie & Harris-Hooker, Sandra & Villinger, François & Powell, Michael. (2023). Anti-human immunodeficiency virus-1 activity of MoMo30 protein isolated from the traditional African medicinal plant Momordica balsamina. Virology Journal. 20. 10.1186/s12985-023-02010-5.
  • Holliday, Rhonda & Piper, Kendra & Trimble, Shawn & Dickinson-Copeland, Carmen & Mitchell, Ashley & Akintobi, Tabia & Bond, Vincent & Floyd, Virginia. (2023). Moving ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø of Medicine Translation Tx Research through MDTTs—Multidisciplinary Translational Teams. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20. 4302. 10.3390/ijerph20054302.
  • Coleman, Morgan & Khan, Mahfuz & Gbodossou, Erick & Diop, Amad & DeBarros, Kenya & Duong, Hao & Bond, Vincent & Floyd, Virginia & Kondwani, Kofi & Rice, Valerie & Villinger, François & Powell, Michael. (2022). Identification of a Novel Anti-HIV-1 Protein from Momordica balsamina Leaf Extract. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19. 15227. 10.3390/ijerph192215227.
  • Akintobi, Tabia & Blaess, Breana & Bethea, Brittaney & Floyd, Virginia & Hefner, David & McClure, Shelia & Bond, Vincent & Hooker, Sandra & Taylor, Herman. (2020). 4559 TX TM: Formalization and Institutional Investment in a Model Designed to Advance Research Translational to Community Transformation. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. 4. 120-120. 10.1017/cts.2020.363.

Honors and Awards

  • 2022: Honoring Public Health Heroes – National Birth Equity Collaborative
  • 2019: Honorary Degree, Doctorate of Science    Spelman College
  • 2012: Keynote Speaker – Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Global Health Leadership Forum
  • 2008: Convocation Speaker -  ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø of Medicine
  • 2005: National Service Award  -  Spelman College
  • 2004: Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society – Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
  • 2004: Office of the President’s Award:  Chevalier de L’Ordre National  Republic of Burkina Faso
  • 2002: National Library of Medicine, NIH – History of American Women Physicians – National Exhibit Honoree